Bianca tells Jalen's birth story during COVID, stillborn at 20 weeks 6 days
06/06/21 • 49 min
Mom Bianca tells of her pregnancy with her 3rd child, Jalen Jeremiah, and complications with her cervix, which led her medical provider putting in a cerclage around 20 weeks. Some of the stitches had come out, causing Bianca a lot of pain and the beginning of labor. Jalen did not survive the birth and was stillborn on February 2021, likely due to the umbilical cord around his neck. Her pregnancy, Jalen's birth, and funeral were all during the time of the COVID pandemic.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Jalen Jeremiah
1:54 Introduction
4:30 Pregnancy
7:29 Cervix Funneling
8:45 Cerclage
11:16 Emergency
15:27 ER
21:28 Birth
32:10 Funeral
35:06 His name
41:55 Going home
44:27 Support group
48:02 Momentums
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#stillbirth #infantloss #grief #advice #bereavedmother #lossmom #stillbornstillloved #infantlossawareness #stillborn #umbilicalcordaccident #earlytermstillbirth #cerclage #incompetentcervix #funnelingcervix #birthduringCOVID #COVIDpandemic
Mom Bianca tells of her pregnancy with her 3rd child, Jalen Jeremiah, and complications with her cervix, which led her medical provider putting in a cerclage around 20 weeks. Some of the stitches had come out, causing Bianca a lot of pain and the beginning of labor. Jalen did not survive the birth and was stillborn on February 2021, likely due to the umbilical cord around his neck. Her pregnancy, Jalen's birth, and funeral were all during the time of the COVID pandemic.
SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfv_ZeqPi9o-0clf_1528Mg for more birth stories from families who have experienced a stillbirth or infant loss. We're grateful that you're part of our community!
DONATE $5 (aka "buy us a coffee/hot cocoa") to support the continued production of these stories. We appreciate all the help toward production and hosting costs. Or if you want to purchase an "Always a Part of Us" Legacy Gift for $20, you'll be providing to one of these families that shares their story, full transcriptions, mp3s, and mp4s of the recordings of their baby's birth story and advice episodes for their family history records. You will also get a shout-out on an upcoming episode. Thank you! Donate: Ko-fi.com/stillapartofus
Time Stamps:
0:00 Jalen Jeremiah
1:54 Introduction
4:30 Pregnancy
7:29 Cervix Funneling
8:45 Cerclage
11:16 Emergency
15:27 ER
21:28 Birth
32:10 Funeral
35:06 His name
41:55 Going home
44:27 Support group
48:02 Momentums
SUBSCRIBE to our podcast Still A Part of Us, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Links: Website: http://stillapartofus.com/
Music: Music - "Flickering Flame" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/.
#stillbirth #infantloss #grief #advice #bereavedmother #lossmom #stillbornstillloved #infantlossawareness #stillborn #umbilicalcordaccident #earlytermstillbirth #cerclage #incompetentcervix #funnelingcervix #birthduringCOVID #COVIDpandemic
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DONATE $5 (aka "buy us a coffee/hot cocoa") to support the continued production of these stories. We appreciate all the help toward production and hosting costs.
Or if you want to purchase an "Always a Part of Us" Legacy Gift for $20, you'll be providing to one of these families that shares their story, full transcriptions, mp3s, and mp4s of the recordings of their baby's birth story and advice episodes for their family history records. You will also get a shout-out on an upcoming episode. Thank you!
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Michael's account of Jalen's birth, who was born still at 20 weeks and 6 days
Dad Michael tells the story of the birth of his son Jalen Jeremiah during the COVID-19 pandemic. His wife Bianca had an incompetent cervix and they put in a cerclage, but it failed. When the medical team was trying to remove the cerclage, they broke the water, and they had to deliver their son at 20 weeks and 6 days. Because he was so young in gestational age, there was nothing that they medical team would have done. Jalen was born still after Bianca labored for a short time. He was tiny, but he was perfect. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more birth stories from families who have experienced a stillbirth or infant loss. We're grateful that you're part of our community! DONATE $5 (aka "buy us a coffee/hot cocoa") to support the continued production of these stories. We appreciate all the help toward production and hosting costs. Or if you want to purchase an "Always a Part of Us" Legacy Gift for $20, you'll be providing to one of these families that shares their story, full transcriptions, mp3s, and mp4s of the recordings of their baby's birth story and advice episodes for their family history records. You will also get a shout-out on an upcoming episode. Thank you! Donate: Ko-fi.com/stillapartofus SUBSCRIBE to our podcast Still A Part of Us, wherever you find podcasts: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/%E2%80%A6/still-a-part-of-u%E2%80%A6/id1473594556 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5JzwyLpsUrciSyVsUmJHpy Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9zdGlsbGFwYXJ0b2Z1cy5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw%3D%3D&hl=en&fbclid=IwAR1bPTrSXxRvN3l-J2agBvs3QMrUOISqqG8BZurOwYb7YssPyPHeaR_8qbg Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=63606689 Links: Website: http://stillapartofus.com/ Music: "She Dreams in Blue" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/. #stillbirth #infantloss #infantdeath #stillmychild #podcast #stillborn #birthstory #birthstories #babyloss #mybabydied #bereavedmother #bereavedfather #infantlossawareness #dadsgrievetoo #mamasgrief #pals #childloss #lifeafterloss #saytheirnames #babylossawareness #breakingthesilence #1in100 #stillbirthawareness #stillbirthsupport #grievingmom #grievingdad #bereavedparents #pregnancyandinfantlossawarenessmonth #cerclage #incompatiblewithlife #COVID19pandemic
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